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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a horrible example of vague posting. My initial response is "so?" Next question is "Do they not want Ivies but they want Williams/Pomona/Stanford/MIT/etc." or [b]"Do they want to go to state U for free and be a superstar?[/b]" - though guess what - no guarantee they will be a superstar and being average at state U is a lot worse than being average at an Ivy so there will be a lot more pressure to succeed.

But frankly I don't think I generally care so I will move on. Best of luck.[/quote]

That is no longer true.  MIT took one kid out of 50 from my kid's STEM magnet.  At least 30 kids who were better in academics, SAT scores, ECs than that one kid, chose UMD.  UMD has more top students from the various magnet programs in MD, VA, DC, NJ, Delaware and NY - coming for some of its reputed majors.  The sheer volume of top performers in UMD in certain majors should give anxiety to applicants.  UMD is not a small, cosy, boutique college.   
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We're nitpicking whether 100 students in a class of 3000 are "superstars"?

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